This
paper
presents
the
experience
and
observations
gained
under
two
group
relation
exercises(Miller,
1990)
conducted
as
part
of
two
university
courses
for
graduate
student
at
CBS
(Copenhagen
Business
School).
The
paper
suggests
that
despite
a
decidedly
clear
ability
to
present
themselves
as
authentic
members
of
temporary
organizations
the
students
also
displayed
a
clear
inability
to
connect
to
the
presentations
of
each
other.
This
apparent
high
skillset
in
presenting
but
low
skillset
in
relating
led
us
to
formulate
a
thesis
of
Facebook
behavior
aimed
at
describing
and
suggesting
the
presence
of
residual
deposits
from
technology
in
organizations
and
its
effect
on
individuals
ability
to
connect
to
one
another.
Based
on
the
case
study
the
paper
describes
indications
and
suggests
potential
implication
hereof.
Given
the
inherent
enhancement
possibilities
of
technology
our
expectation
for
entertainment-­‐rich
information
and
highly
interesting
communication
are
sky-­‐high
and
rising.
With
a
continuous
increase
in
digitized
communication
follows
a
decrease
in
face-­‐to-­‐face
encounters
and
our
ability
to
engage
in
inter-­‐personal
relationships
are
suffering
for
it
(Davis,
2013).
The
behavior
described
in
this
paper
suggests
a
regressive
behavior
-­‐
one
I
suggest
it
is
conditioned
and
legitimized
by
the
use
of
technology.
The
risk
is
one
of
churning
out
callous
members
of
society
high
on
overt
people
skills
but
potentially
incapable
of
building
relationships.
Since
society
is
constantly
looking
to
technology
(Howard-­‐Jones,
2011)
for
increases
in
effectiveness
and
efficiency
we
indiscriminately
embrace
digital
communication
and
digitized
information
dissemination
with
enthusiasm
–
at
the
risk
of
ignoring
the
potentially
dark
side
of
technology.
However,
technology
also
holds
a
promise
for
better
understanding
precisely
for
the
same
reasons
–
that
the
growing
amount
of
digitized
communication
“out
there”
represents
data
waiting
to
be
sifted,
analyzed
and
decoded.
In
this
paper
“Facebook
behavior”
refers
to
a
particular
behavior
characterized
by
presenting
your
self
and
representations
of
selected
self
in
the
hope
of
getting
a
response.
The
responsive
behavior
you
in
turn
expose
your
self
to,
can
oscillate
between
complete
ignorance
as
one
polarization
or
a
Like
and
possible
a
short
comment
being
the
other
end
of
the
scale
–
neither
of
which
constitutes
a
relationship
but
both
ends
are
accepted
as
representations
of
such.